title: Utility of estimated glomerular filtration rate in live kidney donation.
abstract: Live kidney donation is considered safe; nevertheless, data supporting such claims are almost exclusively of white origin with very limited long-term outcomes in ethnic minority donors. This prospective observational study consisted of a total of 103 previous kidney donors (54 black and 49 white) with mean follow-up days of 743.5 +/- 603.9 for white and 845.1 +/- 668.5 for black donors. The black donors had a statistically significant greater loss of estimated GFR (eGFR; 39.8 ml/min per 1.73 m2) in comparison with white donors (30.4 ml/min per 1.73 m2; P = 0.001). In multivariate analysis, predonation eGFR of <100 ml/min and age at the time of donation were the significant predictors for postdonation eGFR <60 ml/min among black donors. Because eGFR using the Modification of Diet in Renal Disease 4 formula is not validated in live kidney donors, the significance of eGFR <60 ml/min per 1.73 m2 in previous kidney donors is unclear. Long-term prospective study with a gold standard method such as iothalamate GFR measurement is needed to define the actual decrease in eGFR after kidney donation.
authors.affiliation: Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, Michigan 48202, USA. rparasu1@hfhs.org
authors.forename: Ravi
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Parasuraman
authors.forename: K K
authors.initials: KK
authors.lastname: Venkat
mesh_terms: D001741:Black or African American / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D005919:Glomerular Filtration Rate; D006801:Humans; D007668:Kidney / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery; D016030:Kidney Transplantation / Q000208:ethnology; D019520:Living Donors; D008954:Models, Biological; D009392:Nephrectomy; D011446:Prospective Studies; D013997:Time Factors; D044465:White People / Q000706:statistics & numerical data